Exam 6: Anthropometry

The CDC growth charts for children from birth to 24 months were developed using growth standard data.

Which of the following assumptions has the greatest potential for being a significant source of error in estimating body composition from skinfold measurements?

The 50th percentile is considered the average or __________ value for the specific population of interest.

According to the Hamwi equation, a 45 year-old male who is 67 in tall should weigh approximately

Tissues in the body having a high percentage of water and a low percentage of fat are better conductors of electricity than are tissues having a high percentage of fat and a low percentage of water.

If a 7 year-old male's height-for-age was at the 75th percentile, 75% of 7 year-old males would be shorter than him.

Hydrostatic weighing is done on two persons who are the same in all respects except that one has a greater residual volume than the other. Residual volume is not measured directly but estimated and assumed to be the same for both people. According to the results from the hydrostatic weighing, the person with the greater residual volume will appear to have ______ percent body fat compared with the person with the smaller residual volume.

A 10 year-old whose BMI for sex and age is at the 75th percentile would be considered

An index of body fat distribution recommended for use by the U.S. National Institutes of Health is __________.

Pediatric growth charts based on a growth reference are preferred over growth charts based on a growth standard.

An individual has a height of 5 feet 7 inches. How much would this person have to weigh in order to have a body mass index of 23? Select the closest answer.

An alternative to using hydrostatic weighing to directly determine body density is

A 4 year-old child whose BMI for sex and age is greater than or equal to the 85th percentile but less than the 95th percentile would be considered

A growth chart developed using anthropometric data collected from a large group of infants and children who grew under optimal health and environmental conditions is known as a growth __________.

Assessing body composition by measuring the density of the entire body is known as __________.

According to the Hamwi equation, a 25-year-old female who is 64 inches tall should weigh approximately